Can UA survive? Opinions on its future
Apr 27, 2020, 9:27 pm
#106
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 3,361
Complex technical issues are discussed far better in person than with teleconference tools. Sketching ability in those tools is still pretty rudimentary. And if you have a supplier building custom things for you that take a long time, there's nothing like physically walking through the facility and being able to inspect stuff in work live, or observe critical work live.
Apr 27, 2020, 10:43 pm
#107
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Central Florida
Programs: MP 1K/Onepass Plat 1MM, SPG Plat, Marriott Plat
Posts: 562
I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.'
Robert Crandall
Robert Crandall
Apr 28, 2020, 1:36 pm
#108
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: WAS
Programs: AA EXP2M, DL 1MM DM ext, UA PP <=> HH G/Marr PE/Hyatt G/IHG P FT RA ( Recovering Addict)
Posts: 4,597
As Warren Buffet once reportedly said "to make a million in airlines, you start with a billion"
Even DL purchase of VS that looked so good - SQ paid $1 bn for what DL paid $360m for or thereabouts - now looks like a terrible idea.
Still a drop in the bucket for DL - They should have focused on getting the gate slots at LHR
Even those - I wonder what the value is of going to a small highly infectious island with limited ventilator resources in future .....
The country that benefits the most now is obviously China - the US is a huge melting pot of infection
I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.'
Robert Crandall
Robert Crandall
Still a drop in the bucket for DL - They should have focused on getting the gate slots at LHR
Even those - I wonder what the value is of going to a small highly infectious island with limited ventilator resources in future .....
The country that benefits the most now is obviously China - the US is a huge melting pot of infection
Apr 28, 2020, 10:25 pm
#109
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2000
Location: أمريكا
Posts: 26,764
"Post-COVID is going to be just like after the 1918 flu when nobody ever left the house again!"
Some people seem to be hoping for permanent quarantine and massive death. The most likely thing is that we get past this and things more or less return to the way they were before COVID, perhaps with some recognition that more work from home is possible.
Some people seem to be hoping for permanent quarantine and massive death. The most likely thing is that we get past this and things more or less return to the way they were before COVID, perhaps with some recognition that more work from home is possible.
Apr 29, 2020, 12:36 pm
#110
Join Date: Oct 2009
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton ♦ , Hyatt Carbonado, Wyndham ♦, Marriott PE, "Stinking Bum" elsewhere.
Posts: 5,003
"Post-COVID is going to be just like after the 1918 flu when nobody ever left the house again!"
Some people seem to be hoping for permanent quarantine and massive death. The most likely thing is that we get past this and things more or less return to the way they were before COVID, perhaps with some recognition that more work from home is possible.
Some people seem to be hoping for permanent quarantine and massive death. The most likely thing is that we get past this and things more or less return to the way they were before COVID, perhaps with some recognition that more work from home is possible.
If my extended family is any example, there is going to be a spurt of dense travel as soon as restrictions are relaxed. I feel like I'm in the blocks at the start line right now, leaning forward, waiting for the gun to fire. Actually, since Texas relaxed things quite a bit this week, I've already got an offer for a contract job in the panhandle that I am seriously thinking about jumping on.
Apr 29, 2020, 7:12 pm
#111
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Francisco, California
Programs: Amex Centurion, United Global Services
Posts: 847
'Tis true. Our company does a lot to/from SFO/HK/China and our internal price on tickets in Polaris business is $4k all day, every day. I've bought them just a day or two before leaving, the same price. Same pricing for Tokyo.
We definitely don't have a deal going the other direction. West Coast to Europe is sometimes $6k but more often $8k or more.
We definitely don't have a deal going the other direction. West Coast to Europe is sometimes $6k but more often $8k or more.